Exposed: The pro-Assad useful idiots in our midst
Rupert Read argues that the pro-Assad useful idiots at Medialens has let its anti-American dogma put it on the wrong side of the Arab Spring.
Rupert Read argues that the pro-Assad useful idiots at Medialens has let its anti-American dogma put it on the wrong side of the Arab Spring.
Nick Clegg will meet Egypt’s transitional leaders today, as economic and social turmoil engulfs the country, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
Ed Jacobs writes about the West’s responsibility to protect religious freedom following the Arab Spring.
Alex Hern reports on shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander’s RUSI speech today, in which he laid out how British foreign policy should respond to the Arab Spring.
The uprisings in Yemen have entered a third day, and show no signs of getting any less bloody – in the early hours of this morning, two protestors were killed.
Despite more than 100 being killed by the Syrian military in Homs last night, hundreds came out to protest accross the country – as these youtube clips show.
How the UK taxpayer is underwriting military sales to an autocratic middle eastern regime
If the Spring has run dry it’s because of the ruthless cruelty of the dictators, not any lack of democratic will or bravery on the part of the protesters.
Hamza al-Khatib was 13 years old when he was murdered. He was arrested a month ago by Syrian security forces. His dead body was returned to his family last week.
There’s more than one way of muzzling the press; at least super-injunctions don’t imprison or kill, writes Amnesty International UK’s Mike Blakemore.